A Mini-Interview with John Parra
Today we are starting the Series of Mini-Interviews for 2012 and we are starting with a BANG! I have a very special guest in my blog, one of my favorite illustrators: the fantastic John Parra. I met John at the SCBWI Los Angeles Conference in 2010 – the year that he
Mini-Interviews Starting Next Week
It's been an eventful weekend and even more eventful Monday. Sandy has behaved badly and deserves to be sent to the corner facing the wall. We are thinking of all our family and friends in CT, PA and NY. We hope they are all safe and warm. With Sandy in time-out,
The November Mini-Interviews 2012
We had the November Mini-Interviews last year, remember? This year we are back with more interviews, more guests, and more Q&A's to fill your month of November. It's been a couple of months now that we have been working on our 2012 Series of Mini-Interviews. All behind the scenes and stuff
KidLitArtists’ Interview
I have officially joined KidLitArtists and have a Welcome Interview on the blog. You can read it here: Welcome Juana Martinez-Neal! KidLitArtists the home of the SCBWI LA Illustration Portfolio Mentorship Program Winners - winners of 2009, 2010 and 2011. The blog provides helpful information and news for children's illustrators as
New York, New York
Oh, New York! I've been there a couple of times but this time I fell completely in love with the city. While there, I attended SCBWI NY Conference. It was good and had a few personal highlights. Listening to Sophie Blackall on Friday was definitely one of them. Her presentation was
Evolutions, Dissolutions and Resolutions
This is the 2011-2012 recap post. I have divided it into 3 parts so it is easier to write and read because (reader be warned) it is long. Dissolutions and Evolutions go over what I have learned from the 365 days of 2011. Resolutions is a short list of what
Lucecita
I got the assignment to illustrate the story of "Lucecita" in late November. It was a super-rush (aka less than a week between sketches and finals) but as you are all already guessing, I took the project. The artwork was published on the November/December 2011 issue of Iguana Magazine and
Mary Talks
Christmas has come and gone and I still have this sorta-Christmassy post to go before I can get to my "Welcome 2012" one. So let's post it really quick to clear my desk, ok? Great! I loved this project! From research to final art, it was one of my favorite magazine
Happy Holidays!
As I sit on this Christmas Eve with a sleeping home, I don't want to pass the opportunity to wish each and everyone one of you the happiest and warmest of Holidays. All the best for this Holiday Season!
Fidel, Miguel y el Pastel
This week I got my copies of the September/October 2011 issue of Iguana Magazine. I have an illustration published for the poem of "Fidel, Miguel y el Pastel". The poem is a short story about two friends, one pice of cake and a cat that intercedes when things are not